iPhone and other smartphone users in the U.S. should know about the upcoming VoLTE AT&T Verizon project. The two carriers are going to claim VoLTE interoperability somewhere in 2015. Even though everyone knows that AT&T and Verizon use different technologies in their work, GSM and CDMA, but this doesn’t look to be a problem in the future as they are getting ready to move forward.
We have heard about the possible AT&T and Verizon merge in the past, but this didn’t happen. AT&T Verizon VoLTE interoperability is surely an interesting news to their current and future subscribers. Right now when you buy an AT&T iPhone 6 or Verizon iPhone 6 Plus [or any other smartphone model] you become locked to your carrier’s network and you cannot switch to a different operator unless you order iPhone 6 AT&T factory unlock service [or unlock for any other smartphone, carrier]. Of course, users who purchase the iPhone directly from Apple and pay the full price for the device are unlocked, but most customers prefer purchasing the locked smartphone and have it either unlocked or stay locked within one network.
AT&T and Verizon VoLTE-to-VoLTE interoperability will allow AT&T customers to call Verizon customers over LTE networks and Verizon subscribers call to AT&T users. The companies haven’t announced when they are planning to launch this new service in 2015, but no matter when it becomes available it will mean the better call quality and cooler connections between the two carriers.
What do you think about such VoLTE calling options? Would you like AT&T and Verizon to merge their customers this way, at least inside VoLTE networks?
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